Thyroid cancer in children, pregnant women, and patients with Graves' disease
| Autor: | Donald R. McClellan, Gary L. Francis |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
| Předmět: |
Thyroid nodules
endocrine system Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Thyroid Hormones endocrine system diseases Adolescent Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Graves' disease Disease Endocrinology Pregnancy Risk Factors medicine Carcinoma Humans Thyroid Neoplasms Child Thyroid cancer business.industry Incidence Thyroid Cell Differentiation medicine.disease Graves Disease medicine.anatomical_structure Treatment Outcome Female business Pregnancy Complications Neoplastic Hormone |
| Zdroj: | Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America. 25(1) |
| ISSN: | 0889-8529 |
| Popis: | Differentiated thyroid cancer may have a different clinical course when it develops in children, pregnant women, and patients with Graves' disease. Thyroid nodules which develop in these patients appear to have a greater risk of malignancy and should be evaluated aggressively. Treatment in all cases includes operation followed by radioactive iodine ablation (in the nonpregnant patient) and thyroid hormone suppression. Follow-up, including serum Tg and yearly thyroid scans, should be continued as long as possible. |
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